| Example in French | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| "Il avait trouvé un boulot comme vendeur de ferraille." "Ça lui permettrait peut-être de gagner 9 000 dollars en un an." | Then he told us he got a job selling scrap iron to build ships and tanks and that maybe he could make back that $9,000 in just a year. |
| - C'est pas tout à fait pareil que de vous retirer un bout de ferraille de la jambe. | Can you take the bullet out? It's a lot different than taking a piece of scrap out of your leg. |
| - Il n'y a pas que des pièces de ferraille. | - There aren't all scrap parts. |
| - Là. C'est quoi cette ferraille ? | What's this scrap metal? |
| - Oh oui, tu parlais du Narval comme d'un vieux tas de ferraille. | Oh yes, you spoke about the Narval as like an old heap of scrap metal. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | afschrapen,uitschrapen, verschroten | English | scrap |
| German | balgen, schrotten, verschrotten | Polish | wybrakować |
| Spanish | achatarrar | Turkish | çürüğe çıkarmak |